Tee 2 Green with Barry Sharpe - - April 30/09

If you occasionally enjoy dinning at an 'all-you-can-eat' restaurant than you'll probably love what the Belmont Golf Course in Langley is serving up on Thursday, May 28th. It's the 18th Annual Athletes In Action Golf Marathon . . . 100 holes of golf in one day, with a shot gun start at 6 a.m. Every player will be supplied with a golf car, all the balls you'll need and all the food and snacks you can handle.

Speed is the name of the game for this day. By about 3:30 p.m. all players will have completed four rounds, enjoyed a BBQ on the go, and ready for a change of pace. Round five will be a scramble format and your final nine holes or so will be an alternate format. By now, about 7 p.m., you'll be ready for your beverages and a hearty steak dinner followed by the Awards Presentations.

This, of course, is a fund raiser for Athletes In Action. Our good friend Jack O'Halloran of Major Sports Event Host Ministry and Global Community Games writes to say he has an opening for a some partners. If you would enjoy meeting some pro athletes and rubbing shoulders with celebrities from other walks in life give Jack or Bob Kraemer a call (604-484-8629). Time is limited, however, as they say in television land, CALL NOW.

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Ontario native, Ian Leggatt, 42, a winner on both the PGA TOUR (2002 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open) and Nationwide Tour (2000 BUY.COM Dayton Open), will be at the Richmond, BC Golf Town outlet at 9751 Bridgeport Rd, Unit 130 (Bridgeport and No. 4 Road) from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m this Saturday to share golf tips, offer demonstrations and to discuss the importance protecting and maintaining healthy eyesight while on the golf course. Joining him will be Dr. Trevor Miranda, Optometrist and Christine Underhill from Transitions Optical Inc. Leggatt has been a touring professional for 19 years now and can speak from experience on the value of protecting your eyes on the golf course.

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Subaru Canada will continue on as the Presenting Sponsor of Golf Fore the Cure, a fundraising and awareness program created by the The Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) to engage women in the game of golf with non-intimidating, golf-related activities that help raise funds for breast cancer research and support programs.

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Golfer Kevin Stinson of Mission, BC, has been named a Roscoe Snyder Award winner at Wayland Baptist University in Texas as one of the university's top male senior athletes.

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At the VGT's Inaugural Amateur Series event at Northview's this past Sunday, James Oliver of Maple Ridge, BC outlasted 81 Amateur competitors by scoring five birdies and posting a par 72 one shot victory. Chris Kobler of Royalwood Golf Club and Coquitlam's Matthew Rohatensky finished second For the win Oliver won $200 in Perfect Lies Gift Certificates and a Galvin Green Windstopper pullover. His victory also earned him 600 valuable points and vaulted him to the top of the CLEVELAND GOLF/ SRIXON CANADA Order of Merit (Championship Flight) with 1,280 points.

In Flight A of the VGT Northview Ridge classic, it was Port Moody's Andre Maille who captured low honours with a gross score of 77, one stroke ahead of Belmont Golf Club's Brendan Lal. Maille took home $200 in Perfect Lies GC's and a Galvin Green Shirt and edged himself to within 200 points of Guildford's Steve Smith who leads the CLEVELEND/SRIXON OOM for Flight A.

In Flight B results, Maple Ridge's George Mark took Low Gross honours.
For full tournament results please visit the Vancouver Golf Tour website at. http://www.vancouvergolftour.com/2009/live_scoring.htm.

Next up is the VGT $7,000 Point Roberts Classic, May 4th at Point Roberts Golf & C (based on 50 pros)

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Scott Keenlyside, the head professional at Island View Golf driving range in Central Saanich for the past four years, has been promoted to general manager replaceing Sean McNulty, who will be joining Five Star Paving's interlocking brick division. Keenlyside brings a wealth of credentials over his 35 years in the golf world, including GM for both Morningstar and Eaglecrest golf courses, terms as president of the B.C. Golf Museum and B.C. Golf Association as well as national and provincial CPGA titles as Professional of the Year. Island View has been named one of the best driving ranges in Canada by the industry and Business of the Year by the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce.